Authentic Indian place ran by nice staff. The naan was delicious - very soft as opposed to the…read morecrispy naan served at most places. I thought the rice and palak paneer were decent, although not great. I would go for a different entree if I were you. This place left me satisfied and I would recommend eating here if you're nearby, although it's a bit pricy. I wouldn't put it in my top 3 Indian places in Hamburg, but there's definitely tasty food.

Very delicious and authentic Indian restaurant. The lunch menu is especially a great deal, as you…read moreget a thali for under 8 euros. The mango lassi here is the best I've ever had, and the staff is incredibly friendly as well.

Found this little Gem as I was cycling my way around Altona to St Pauli…read more Although small inside this little restaurant packs a big taste, the chicken curry I had was undoubtedly the best I've had since arriving in Hamburg- Creamy spicy sauce a very generous serving and although it was a mild in heat brilliantly there were hot pickles and chili to add to your taste. The staff are friendly and helpful and the service bar is so close to your table there is no way you wouldn't be served right away, my meal arrived within minutes. My #1 curry house in hamburg

I would love to be able to give my local curry house 5 stars but to be honest I was left feeling…read moresomewhat disappointed by my meal. Although the meal was tasty the portion was mainly made up of sauce with very little chicken. I subsequently ate the meal in a matter of minutes and was left wanting more. It was also a little pricey, given the size of the portion. I'll head back once again and hope for better second time around...maybe then I'll be in a position to give this potential gem of a place 5 stars as the staff are incredibly friendly and menu looks so inviting. Here's hoping :-)

From the owner: Willkommen im Raj Mahal!…read more Genießen Sie unsere orientalisch genussvollen und exklusiven Speisen, die seit über 15 Jahren täglich mit großer Perfektion von den Küchenchefs unserer Restaurants in Hamburg und Pinneberg kreiert werden. Raj ist der Name des Wirtes und Mahal aus dem indischen übersetzt bedeutet Palast. Mit unseren Speisen und unserem Service sind wir darum bemüht, Ihnen in unserem Palast Augenblicke der Ruhe und des Genusses zu bieten. Wir verwenden täglich frische Zutaten. Unsere Curry-Mischungen sind vom Koch selbst zubereitet und bleiben sein Geheimnis. Bei uns können Sie die Schärfe selbst wählen. Auch unser hausgemachter indischer Käse, verführt Ihre Geschmackssinne. Da unser Koch stets um Sorgfalt und Frische bemüht ist, gedulden Sie sich bitte, sollten Ihre Speisen mehr Zeit beanspruchen. Ihre Familie Sharma

I've been to this place when I visited Germany. I've tried…read morecouple of other Indian restaurants but shikara is no match with those.. I loved the food here, it's fresh and tasty, ambience is great and service is excellent Feel free to ask chef or manager about the daily specials or what suits your taste.

Being an Indian on a business trip to Hamburg, my joy knew no bounds when I came across Shikara…read morewhich was close to the hotel in Altona. Just because of the Indian connection, there was an instant liking to this place when I walked in the first time. The staff is extremely courteous and made food as per our request even though it was not in the menu. The taste of the food again was made for our Indian tongues and we kept going back to the same restaurant every few days! Food - 8/10 Ambiance - 9/10 Staff - 10/10 Value for money - 7/10 (Didn't matter much to me since I was on a business trip!) My suggestion for improvement: since I am from South India, I would love to see more South Indian dishes in the menu. Apart from that tiny rant, this restaurant is one of the best Indian restaurants in the neighbourhood and certainly worth a couple of visits for sure!

I tried this restaurant just once but I highly recommend it. I chose the buffet menu and everything…read morewas delicious, the service is so nice and attentive. The Erythrean food reminded me of the Indian food, you can find a lot of vegetables with spices and rice. The vegetable kind of pancakes were the highlight. I was very pleased to find hummus as well. A free warm tee was the icing on cake.

YUMMY, this was very good. We came in at a time when the buffet was not open, but were asked if we…read morewould like to try a platter and got the option between meat or no meat. The meal was perfect to share and consisted of some sort of pancakes with different dishes on top. Very good, filling and reasonably priced.

Another day, another mexican place to try. Went here for dinner with a bunch of people and these…read morewere my findings Nice friendly mexican staff; couple of us took the chance to try order in spanish and they were very accommodating. They have a happy hour till 8 with cocktails going for 5 euros, pretty good deal. Fair sized restaurant so good for large groups Food wise, I ordered their al pastor burrito because I love a good burrito. (worth stating, my burrito comparison typically go back to comparing with those i used to have in San Francisco so the bar is high). The burrito was meh. The chicken and beans were decent but that tortilla just wasn't right and brought it down. Even worse was the guacamole, I'm not sure whats going on there but I love guac and this guac made me sad. I wouldn't recommend the burrito here One of my friends got the pollo en mole and I got to try it. Very good! This dish is reason to come to this establishment! It is tiny shreads of chicken in a chocolate chilly sauce served with beans and rice. The sauce was amazing! Not hot/spicy enough for me but this is them catering to the german palette; you can probably ask them to make it hotter plus theres lots of habanero chilli sauce at the table to add (Tip, the red is hotter than the green. Red all the way). Obviously i had food envy and bummed i ordered the wrong dish For starters we had the nachos and tortilla chips with salsa, the nacos were pretty good, the salsa with the tortilla chips was awesome! So fresh and spicy! You won't feel the heat the first couple of bites but i'll come soon enough So quick summary, good place, great pollo en mole, good nachos and tortillas chips, subpar burrito, quesadillas didn't look any better. None of my friends that had them said anything spectacular. Cost wise its fair, burrittos are between 7-8, the pollo en mole bout 11 if i recall correctly

I heard good things about this place from another American friend and so my girlfriend and I…read moredecided to bring her family here and try it out for her birthday. We all agreed to never eat here again. We started with nachos for an appetizer. They were made pre-packaged chips topped with processed cheese sauce, like what you would get at an American baseball stadium or inner-city subsidized school lunch. Just a few little sprinkles of fresh, melted cheese for decoration on top of what tasted like reheated, canned refried beans and a generous slathering of artificial cheese sauce. Let me repeat that - we were served canned faux-cheese sauce on top of bagged chips at an "authentic" Mexican restaurant. Long story short, our food tasted neither authentic nor homemade. The "guacamole" had no fresh avocado to be found and was more of a runny, cilantro-flavored ranch dressing. The meat on my chicken tacos was dry and tasted anything but fresh. My girlfriend's enchiladas were too spicy for any of us to take more than a few bites; I love spicy food but this was just ridiculous. The mole tasted like Hershey's syrup with Tabasco sauce. The Spanish rice seemed like cheap minute-rice boiled in a can of low-grade salsa. Now top that with the fact that our waiter could barely understand us (in German OR English) and had to be told over and over what to bring us. No one had the heart to say anything to the poor guy when he came over and asked us how everything was. We could only lower our heads in awkward silence. All in all, I need to have a long heart-to-heart with my American friend if she really considers this authentic Mexican food. I've had better day-old Taco Bell, sober. 2 stars because at least our Margaritas were decent.